Southaven Middle School

Located at 899 RASCO ROAD, in SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi, Southaven Middle School is a sprawling 6-8 campus that works with 1,423 students (grades 6 through 8), run under DeSoto County School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so Southaven Middle School sits 215% larger than that benchmark.

Southaven Middle School is one of 39 schools operated by DeSoto County School District, a district that instructs 34,934 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Southaven Middle School lists that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, Southaven Middle School logs 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, DeSoto County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DeSoto County put median household earnings sit near $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Southaven Middle School is one of 43 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Southaven High School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Southaven Middle School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 1,495 students in 2018 compared to 1,423 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 15% over that span.

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